Keeping bugs out of your garden can feel like a constant battle, especially if you want to avoid using harsh chemicals. Luckily, nature has its own ways of maintaining balance. By using natural ...

Keeping natural repellants around your garden can be very effective in keeping rats away from your home and preventing an ...

Known to gardeners as a fast-growing culinary herb, peppermint is a cross between water mint and spearmint. The leaves and concentrated oil have long been used for medicinal purposes dating back ...

Some oils from natural ingredients like peppermint ... cinnamon oil may kill and prevent weeds from growing, suggesting it could have other potential benefits for your garden.

Peppermint leaf and peppermint oil have “a long history of use for treating digestive disorders and can be helpful for nausea, reducing bloating or treating cold sores," Dr. Teresa Lovins ...

Experts have put together nine humane ways to deter the pests and keep them away from their outside space. Estimates suggest ...

Pest control experts have issued warnings about the 'worst winter for invasions ever' as a result of the wet autumn and ...

Ancient records from Greece, Rome, and Egypt highlight its use for digestive issues and other ailments. Peppermint leaf and oil have a long history of treating digestive disorders, and they can be ...

The sight of a creepy, crawly or winged insect in our yard or garden sends many of us scrambling to find the bug killer. This shouldn’t always be the case, though. There are numerous lawn and garden ...

While some gardeners resort to traps and poisons to eliminate these pests ... oil or plant form. Diane Moss said: “I love peppermint oil for this. Rats hate the stuff. It worked in my garden ...

Provide food for the adults. Provide food for the younger critters. Provide nest sites, if needed. Many of the good bugs that kill garden pests do so in their larval stages and feed on pollen or ...